Edmundo González calls for more international pressure: “A democratic Venezuela is in the interest of the world”
He Venezuelan opponent Edmundo González He stressed this Monday that “a democratic Venezuela is in the interest of the entire world”for which he demanded the support of democracies for a peaceful transition in his country.
González spoke at the World In Progress international forum, organized by the Prisa Group in the Spanish city of Barcelona.
Exiled in Spain since September 8, the opponent and candidate in the last elections defended in his speech that the strength of a region, in reference to Latin America, is measured by the democratic quality of each of its countries.
hI called on the democracies of the world to put pressure on the Venezuelan government chaired by Nicolás Madurosince “international support is essential” for this democratic transition.
The violation of human rights in Venezuela denounced by organizations such as the United Nations does not stop those who fight for this change, since opponents like him and María Corina Machado do not give up despite “the brutal repressive escalation,” he stressed.
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Edmundo González reiterates call for a political transition in Venezuela
His offer of dialogue, he continued, currently has no response from the government, but The opposition remains open to all possibilities for this transition, after its resounding victory in the presidential elections.
Edmundo González recently announced that on January 10 he will return to his country to take office as president, on the constituent date scheduled for the inauguration after the July 28 elections.
The Supreme Court of Justice of Venezuela rejected on Friday a request for constitutional review of the ruling that validated the controversial re-election of Nicolás Maduro, the result of which was denounced as fraudulent and is not recognized by numerous countries.
The opposition grouped in The Democratic Unitary Platform maintains that González is the winner based on 83.5% of the electoral records collected by witnesses and polling station members on election day.
In the opinion of the opponent, voting day was a challenge to the Maduro regime to show Venezuelans’ will for change.
“A breath of freedom can completely change the face of the country, while the autocratic control of power has devastating consequences” inside and outside Venezuela, said Edmundo González in this debate forum on the challenges of globalization and the erosion of the democracies.
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